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EP 1 023 145 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/31 (21) Application number: 98934164.9 (22) Date of filing: 23.06.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B27B 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9812/975 (87) International publication number: WO 9900/227 (07.01.1999 Gazette 1999/01)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR IT (30) Priority: 27.06.1997 US 51077 P (71) Applicant: Danzer North America Inc. Wilmington, DE 19801-1622 (US)	(72) Inventor: TROST, Juergen, F. Hanover, Ontario, N4N 3L2 (CA) (74) Representative: Pfenning, Meinig & Partner  Kurfürstendamm 170 10707 Berlin 10707 Berlin (DE)